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Richard NieldAn insight into global affairs focusing on disinformation, corruption, and human rights. Featuring rigorous investigative journalism and fact-based analysis, helping readers navigate an increasingly distorted information landscape.
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I’m on the train to Sheffield for DocFest 2026, the latest edition of the city’s world-renowned documentary film festival. So what better time to revisit five of the standout films I saw at last year's festival.
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Media & Disinformation Update: AI & Manipulation
AI has become both a tool for manipulation and a challenge for those trying to verify what is real. From image detection systems that incorrectly label authentic images as fake, to leading chatbots repeating state-backed propaganda, reliabi...
Media & Disinformation Update: Weaponized Disinformation
This latest update focuses on investigations highlighting how information is weaponized to skew how people see the world.
At scale, such practices are often referred to as influence operations. Influence operations can be carried out by go...
Conflict & Human Rights Update - May 2026
Welcome to the latest edition of perspicacity’s Conflict & Human Rights Update. This edition features investigations and analysis on:
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The legality of the US war on Iran in the absence of authorisation from Congress
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The displacemen...
Crime & Corruption Update - May 2026
Welcome to the latest edition of perspicacity’s Crime & Corruption Update. This edition features investigations and analysis on:
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AI-enabled cybercrime - and the UN cybercrime treaty
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Polymarket political betting and insider trading...
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Investigative journalist and author writing about human rights, corruption and disinformation. Elevating fact-based reporting and analysis on issues and geographies that are not easily accessible in the daily news cycle or social media hyper-cycle.
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